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The Homeland! O the Homeland!
The land of souls free born!
No gloomy night is known there,
but only fadeless morn:
I’m sighing for that country,
my heart is aching here;
There is no pain in the Homeland
to which I’m drawing near.
My Lord is in the Homeland,
with angels bright and fair;
No sinful thing nor evil,
can ever enter there;
The music of the ransomed
is ringing in my ears,
And when I think of the Homeland,
my eyes are wet with tears.
For loved ones in the Homeland
are waiting me to come,
Where neither death nor sorrow
invades their holy home:
O dear, dear native country!
O rest and peace above!
Christ bring us all to the Homeland,
of His eternal love.
---Alternative verses---
The homeland! The homeland!
The land of the free-born;
There’s no night in the homeland,
But aye the fadeless morn:
I’m sighing for the homeland,
My heart is aching here;
There’s no pain in the homeland,
To which I’m drawing near.
My Lord is in the homeland,
With angels bright and fair;
There’s no sin in the homeland,
And no temptation there;
The voices of the homeland
Are ringing in my ears,
And when I think of the homeland,
My eyes are filled with tears.
For those I love in the homeland
Are calling me away
To the rest and peace of the homeland,
And the life beyond decay:
For there’s no death in the homeland,
There is no grief above;
Christ bring us all to the homeland
Of His eternal love.
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LYRICS
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Meter:
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7 6 7 6 D
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1897,1901
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Bible Refs:
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Jn 14:2;
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LIST OF LYRIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Year
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Song #
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| 1954 | # 654 |
MUSIC
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Name:
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HOMELAND
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Meter:
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7 6 7 6 D
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Writer(s):
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Dates:
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1867
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LIST OF MUSIC SOURCES
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Hymn/Song Book
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Song #
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Key
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| # 654 | Eb |
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